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Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 12:47 PM

NEBRASKA TIMELINES . . .

NEBRASKA TIMELINES . . .
The overland stagecoach leaving Cottonwood Springs, near Fort Cottonwood (later Fort McPherson, Nebraska). Illustration from The Overland Stage to California (1901). Nebraska Stagecoaches

The June 6, 1879, issue of the Sidney Plaindealer told about the building and repair of stagecoaches used on the Sidney to Deadwood Trail. The Sidney repair shop was operated by William Richardson of the Black Hills Stage Company.

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